The name comes originally from Yochanan 'God is great' in Hebrew, and is one of the most common names in all of the Western World. Here is how the name appears in various languages:

  • Hebrew: Yochanan
  • Ancient Greek: Ioannes
  • Latin: Johannes
  • English: John
  • Dutch: Johannes, Hannes, Hans
  • German: Johannes, Johann, Johan, Jan, Hans
  • Danish: Johannes, Johan, Jon, Jan, Jens, Hans, John
  • Norwegian: Johannes, Johan, Jon, Jan, Hans
  • Swedish: Johannes, Johan, Jon, Jan, Hans
  • Icelandic: Jóhannes, Jóhann, Jón
  • Cornish: Jowan
  • Manx: Ean
  • Scottish: Eoin, Iain, Ian
  • Irish: Eoin
  • Welsh: Iefan, Ifan, Evan
  • Breton: Yann
  • French: Jean
  • Spanish: Juan
  • Portuguese: João
  • Catalan: Joan
  • Galician: Xoán
  • Italian: Giovanni, Gianni
  • Romanian: Ioan, Ion
  • Basque: Ion, Jon
  • Finnish: Jani, Joni, Jouni, Juha, Juhana, Juhani, Juho, Jukka, Jussi
  • Hungarian: Jani, János
  • Estonian: Jaan
  • Latvian: Janis
  • Lithuanian: Jonas
  • Russian: Ivan
  • Ukrainian: Ivan
  • Bulgarian: Ioan
  • Croatian: Ivo, Ivan
  • Serbian: Jovan, Ivan
  • Slovene: Yanez
  • Macedonian: Jovan
  • Polish: Iwan, Jan
  • Czech: Ivan, Jan, Johan
  • Slovak: Ivan, Jan
  • Albanian: Gjon
  • Greek: Ioannes, Ioannis
  • Armenian: Hovannes
  • Esperanto: Johano
  • Hawaiian: Keoni
  • Niuean: Sione